Racist Joke?

[five bellies]

You're right about Phillips (in my opinion), he's a disgrace.

 

I can't answer your question but probably for the same reason that we don't have a National White Police Association!

 

 

We did have for years! untill the the forming of the National black police assosisation, if the Police Federation had done its job properly in the early days, one association would have fitted the bill excuse the pun.

 

as for the joke even an old lefty like me would struggle finding that offensive

[denzil]

If the joke had been

 

"What do you call a Scottish cloak room attendant?"

 

"Angus McCoatup"

 

would there be an uproar?

ban this racist please

[Steve Walker]

ban this racist please

 

I'll have you know, some of my best friends are Scottish...

 

(I should probably have said "Scotch", for maximum offence)

[corydoras]

I'll have you know, some of my best friends are Scottish...

 

(I should probably have said "Scotch", for maximum offence)

Yes mate.

[Worms]

I'll have you know, some of my best friends are Scottish...

 

(I should probably have said "Scotch", for maximum offence)

S'funny that, I was once told I was very offensive and that was after half a bottle of Laphroaig. What is it with these Scotch?

[Steve Walker]

Yes mate.

 

 

(My wife and the in-laws too)

[Alan Stubbs]

You're right about Phillips (in my opinion), he's a disgrace.

 

I can't answer your question but probably for the same reason that we don't have a National White Police Association!

Sad to say, the answer's probably because if their was a white chairmaon of the CRE, the vocal minority would make a fuss and you can't have a minority getting upset for fear that they may be from marginal constituencies.

[corydoras]

S'funny that, I was once told I was very offensive and that was after half a bottle of Laphroaig. What is it with these Scotch?

It is very offensive to some. Scotch is whisky or cellotape, nothing else. It's worse than being called a sweat. Edited March 28, 2009 by corydoras

[Steve Walker]

It is very offensive to some. Scotch is whisky or cellotape, nothing else. It's worse than being called a sweat.

 

You're quite right, and I've seen people get very huffy about it (hence my little joke, I hope I didn't really upset anyone).

 

Any idea why? Scottish, scots and scotch are all on the face of it adjectives meaning "of Scotland", but only the first two are ever correctly applied to people; scotch as an adjective is only ever applied to things (whisky, eggs, broth, mist, fir, terrier) and as a noun only ever means whisky.

 

Is it perhaps because the word was historically used mainly by the English and hence came to be considered pejorative?

[Vagabond]

scotch as an adjective is only ever applied to things (whisky, eggs, broth, mist, fir, terrier) and as a noun only ever means whisky.

 

Agree with the first four, but I've never heard of "Scotch Fir".

 

Douglas Fir, and Scots Pine, yes.

 

...and four-legged Jock over the road insists he is a Scottish Terrier, but doesn't mind being referred to as a Scottie.